"Brittle fracture" of composite insulators: Why and how they occur

Proceedings of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Transmission and Distribution Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2000, Pages 2569-2574

  De Tourreil, C ^b   Pargamin, L ^a   Thevenet G ^b   Prat, S ^b  

^a SEDIVER   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Composite insulator; Epoxy; FRP rod; Glass fiber; Hardener

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; ELECTRIC LINES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITE INSULATORS; FAILED INSULATORS;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 0038004460     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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